| steven787 said: Look up the social contract... I'll sum up the basics for you. We live together, so we set up a system of rules. Whether we like the system and the rules or not, we are bound to live by them or face the loss of life (death penalty) freedom (jail) or wealth (fines or law suits). You don't like the rules, you are welcome to become an activist or lobbyist and campaign for a change. Breaking the law is usually not a good way to protest. |
The social contact is just a theory. Anway, the social contact theory popular during the American Revolution was that people would pool resources together to create a government which would protect their rights. If the government didn't do what it was supposed to then the people could abolish the government and that is what happened with the American Revolution.
You are speaking of the socialist version of the social contact which implies that people cannot overthrow the government if it doesn't live up to it's end of the bargin (protecting almost everyone's rights almost all of the time). Clearly, there is a marked difference in theories.
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